Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Birthplace: New London, New Hampshire
Father: Daniel Woodbury 1778 – 1854
Mother: Respeima Messinger 1777 – 1856
Wife: Catherine Rachel Childs 1819 – 1896
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Colonel Thomas Childs Woodbury 1850 – 1911
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Coryton Messenger Woodbury 1853 – 1915
(Buried: Middlesboro Cemetery, Middlesboro, Kentucky)
Mary Louise Woodbury 1855 – 1862
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
William Anderson Woodbury 1858 – 1874
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (6th in class)
Occupation before War:
1836 – 1837: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1837 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers
1838 – 1853: 1st Lt. United States Army Engineers
1842 – 1844: Assistant to Chief Engineer in Washington, D.C.
1844 – 1847: Supervising Engineering on Cape Fear River in N.C.
1852 – 1855: Light House Inspector for United States Army
1853 – 1861: Captain United States Army Engineers
Civil War Career:
1861 -1863: Major, United States Army Engineers
1861 – 1862: Engineer for construction of D.C. Defenses
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel, Union Army Aide
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers
1862: Commander of Engineer brigade at Yorktown, Virginia
1862: Brevetted Colonel for gallantry during Peninsula Campaign
1862: In Charge of Engineer Depot in Washington D.C.
1862: Served in the Fredericksburg Campaign with the pontoons
1862: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry at Fredericksburg
1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel, United States Army Engineers
1863 – 1864: Commander of District of Key West and Tortugas, Fla.
1864: Brevetted Major General for his service during the Civil War
Died: August 15, 1864
Place of Death: Key West, Florida
Age at time of Death: 51 years old
Burial Place: Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida
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